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18th century Mughal period painting of an Indian Rabari-Shepherd who tends sheep, camels & milch animals. They live in Gujarat & Rajasthan. They were also lived in Sindh province of Pakistan in past. For our tweets on Rabari in article format, please visit
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Asiatic cheetahs flourished in India till the 19th century. 144 years old painting of view of a street with #Cheetah in #Alwar city in #Rajasthan was painted by a British lady tourist artist Marianne in 1878 AD.
361 years ago in 1661 AD during the rule of Portuguese, the population of Mumbai was 10000 only. Most of them were fishermen.242 years ago in 1780 AD, the population of Mumbai was 47170 of which Gujarati Brahmin 177, Vanik 1637, Bhatia 290, Surati Patel 39 & Parsi 3087.
163 years old painting of the tomb of Malwa Sultan Hoshangshah (1406-1435) at Mandu, Madhya Pradesh was painted in 1859 & its present photo after restoration.
205 years old painting of sailing Arab ships in #Mumbai harbour was painted in 1817 AD.
About 200 years old drawing of a Masjid near Raj Ghat in Kashi/Varanasi/Benares in Uttar Pradesh was drawn by James Prinsep during 1820 to 1830 and published in 1834.
Today in history: 114 years ago Mother's Day was observed for the first time in the United States, in Grafton, West Virginia on 10 May 1908.
Today in history: 196 years ado on 29 April 1826 galaxy Centaurus A (also known as NGC 5128 or Caldwell 77) in the constellation of Centaurus was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop (1793 - 1848) from his home in Parramatta, in New South Wales, Australia.
Today in history: 105 years ago famous Gujarati all-rounder cricketer Mulvantrai Himmatrai Mankad better known as "Vinoo Mankad" (1917 - 1978) was born at Jamnagar on 12 April 1917.